Phil Simms: &quot;Eli is not Elite&quot;

He's never been elite. He's the luckiest you know what I've ever seen, he's good enough, and he is a winner often enough to not have everyone on his arse all the time. I wouldn't begin to think of trading Romo for him and that's my ultimate test.

Rodgers, Brees, Peyton are the only QBs as good or better than Romo. IMO.

He's never been elite. He's the luckiest you know what I've ever seen, he's good enough, and he is a winner often enough to not have everyone on his arse all the time. I wouldn't begin to think of trading Romo for him and that's my ultimate test.

Rodgers, Brees, Peyton are the only QBs as good or better than Romo. IMO.

His Receivers don't help him. Cruz is finally showing his true colors. He's a wimp.

Yeah Manningham makes the tip toe catch in the Super Bowl and Tyree catching the ball over his head didn't help Eli at all. Do you even watch these games? Without those plays, those Super Bowls aren't won.

Elite QBs don't sneak their teams into the playoffs on the last day of the season. He is not consistent at all. He will get on a hot streak at the very end and ride it out. And then return the next season nowhere close to that.

Yeah Manningham makes the tip toe catch in the Super Bowl and Tyree catching the ball over his head didn't help Eli at all. Do you even watch these games? Without those plays, those Super Bowls aren't won.

Elite QBs don't sneak their teams into the playoffs on the last day of the season. He is not consistent at all. He will get on a hot streak at the very end and ride it out. And then return the next season nowhere close to that.

To add to that, two balls thrown so poorly in the 2011 NFC Championship that the only people close enough to catch it were the San Francisco DB's who knocked each other off the ball. Either of those are caught and the Giants don't go to the SuperBowl.

2007, Eli hits Asante in the hands with an interception, no WR in sight. Asante catches it instead, game over. If any of the three holds are called on the random toss up on fourth down, NE goes 19-0.

I've never even seen Romo struggle for three straight, let alone those guys. And Eli has done this several times in his career.

Nevertheless, I have hard time dissing Eli too much with him holding those titles. I've always said that he very inconsistant--far, FAR less consistant than Romo. They both have been JAGs (or worse) at times this year though.
But Eli gets on a hot streak, he can ride it for several games running--as we've seen more than once. The issue is that he almost as many bad streaks as he does good ones, with possible exception of last season.

Nah, it's not really Eli. It's their entire team. They go into month long funks at least once a season. The only question with them is whether they wake up in time for the playoffs or phone it in the rest of the way. I tend to think Coughlin rubs players the wrong way sometimes and some of them just quit rather than play for him.

When they're on, they're as good as anyone. When they're not, they're just another average team. IMO, they have the 2 most important elements to a championship: a QB that can win in the clutch, and multiple elite pass rushers. They clearly aren't playing consistently at the level of Atl, SF, and GB, but come playoff time, I don't think it would shock anyone if NYG sent any or all of them packing.

Nah, it's not really Eli. It's their entire team. They go into month long funks at least once a season. The only question with them is whether they wake up in time for the playoffs or phone it in the rest of the way. I tend to think Coughlin rubs players the wrong way sometimes and some of them just quit rather than play for him.

When they're on, they're as good as anyone. When they're not, they're just another average team. IMO, they have the 2 most important elements to a championship: a QB that can win in the clutch, and multiple elite pass rushers. They clearly aren't playing consistently at the level of Atl, SF, and GB, but come playoff time, I don't think it would shock anyone if NYG sent any or all of them packing.

Yeah Manningham makes the tip toe catch in the Super Bowl and Tyree catching the ball over his head didn't help Eli at all. Do you even watch these games? Without those plays, those Super Bowls aren't won.

Elite QBs don't sneak their teams into the playoffs on the last day of the season. He is not consistent at all. He will get on a hot streak at the very end and ride it out. And then return the next season nowhere close to that.

To add to that, two balls thrown so poorly in the 2011 NFC Championship that the only people close enough to catch it were the San Francisco DB's who knocked each other off the ball. Either of those are caught and the Giants don't go to the SuperBowl.

2007, Eli hits Asante in the hands with an interception, no WR in sight. Asante catches it instead, game over. If any of the three holds are called on the random toss up on fourth down, NE goes 19-0.

Didn't he chuck an end of half hail mary against the Packers last year in the playoffs? One that magically got past seemingly the entire Packers defense and fell perfectly in his WR's arm? Or am I remembering incorrectly?

Didn't he chuck an end of half hail mary against the Packers last year in the playoffs? One that magically got past seemingly the entire Packers defense and fell perfectly in his WR's arm? Or am I remembering incorrectly?

Yes and it was because of that pass that they were able to win. Luck is not always going to be on his side which is why I think he is not that good of a QB